CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98082
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix the possible bioc_list memory leak during error
There are two possible ways to leak bioc memory on
btrfs_ordered_extent::bioc_list:
- An error occurred for btrfs_insert_one_raid_extent()
Then the function btrfs_insert_raid_extent() immediately return
without freeing any bioc in the bioc_list.
- An ordered extent hit an IO error
In that case the ordered extent will have BTRFS_ORDERED_IOERR set, and
skip the call on btrfs_insert_raid_extent() completely.
Fix the problem by:
- Introduce a new helper, btrfs_cleanup_ordered_bioc_list()
Which will remove all bioc from the bioc_list, and release the bioc.
- Call the above helper for btrfs_insert_raid_extent()
So that the cleanup helper is always called no matter what.
- Call the above helper for btrfs_finish_one_ordered()
This is called just before the final release on the ordered extent.
This was reported by Sashiko when reviewing another patch.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.6.130 < 6.6.158)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.111)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.53)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.2.7)
• linux linux kernel 7.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b4d4e890c2c85d0f6365b5a08c48b4bbf85deb0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f0c973cffb184d019390ffdb5d31de5c85bc61 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afbe73778338e6d1ac8c4486fbdf33f0cc1f2624 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb4da45766d16503821f167054db76b735d89e94 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d043c43d2b4ebcd75ee7f907948ef2847306d6b2 Patch